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January 13, 2017

The Wrath of the Awakened Saxon

by Rudyard Kipling It was not part of their blood, It came to them very late, With long arrears to make good, When the Saxon began to hate. They were not easily

June 4, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 2): Herodotus

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from History, by Bernadotte Perrin (published 1912). (Go back to previous chapter) But the Ancient History of the Greeks never emancipated itself wholly from the influence of the epic poems. The revolt against it

June 6, 2019

History in Ancient Greece (Part 3): Thucydides

September 22, 2018

Bryce's "The Holy Roman Empire" (Part 15)

Literature

Dead Tree Version — Chapters 2 and 3

January 23, 2019

Chapter 2: Porn Star Dies Of Syphilis, Film At 11 When Our Hero returned to his apartment after lunch with his dear friend Carrie, he found the rest of Liz’s things were

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Soldier of the Night

January 23, 2019

Two decades before America’s ordeal in Vietnam, the Netherlands waged its own doomed Southeast Asian war in the vast archipelago of the Dutch East Indies. This conflict, the Indonesian War of Independence,

Culture·History·Literature

The Raid of Cilliechriost

January 16, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Historical Tales and Legends of the Highlands, compiled by Alexander MacKenzie (published 1878). All spelling in the original. The ancient Chapel of Cilliechriost, in the

Culture·Literature

Dead Tree Version — Chapter One

January 14, 2019

Author’s Note: What follows over coming weeks and months is the serialization of the second edition of my novel, Dead Tree Version. It is the first in a pop-satire series, which upon

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Man of the West: Lucius Annæus Seneca

January 12, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Famous Men of Ancient Times, by S. G. Goodrich (published 1843). All spelling in the original. This individual, whose “Morals” are so familiar to us,

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"Lepanto" by G. K. Chesterton

January 10, 2019

Editor’s note: G. K. Chesterton’s poem Lepanto (1911), celebrating the great 16th century naval victory of the Holy League over the Ottoman Turks, is a work exuberantly Catholic and dense with historical

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"The Inheritance of Humor" by Hilaire Belloc

January 7, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from First and Last, by Hilaire Belloc (published 1911). All spelling in the original. There are some truths which seem to get old almost as soon

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"The Monarchs of the Andes" by James Orton

January 3, 2019

Editor’s note: The following account by explorer James Orton, who led an expedition to South America in 1867, is extracted from With the World’s Great Travellers, Vol. II (published 1901). All spelling

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"Death and Odysseus" by Lord Dunsany

December 31, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is extracted from Fifty-one Tales, by Lord Dunsany (published 1915). It seems a fitting story for the last day of the old year. In the Olympian courts Love

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Video: How To Read A Book

December 22, 2018

Editor’s Note: This is an animated presentation based on the great article by Mortimer Adler.

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